Homemade Greek Salad Dressing

I picked up a Gyro for dinner last night and wanted to pair it with a Greek salad. I always like to make my own salad instead of buying one at the take out joint because its healthier, I use fresher produce, and its a lot cheaper. I stumbled upon this Greek salad dressing on Thats Fit and I loved it so I want to share it with you guys! This dressing took me less than 5 minutes to throw together and tasted just like the infamous Greek salad dressing from Tapas restaurant. 

Homemade Greek Salad Dressing (Taken from Thats Fit)

6 Tbs olive oil

2 Tbs fresh lemon juice

1/2 tsp fresh chopped garlic

1 tsp red wine vinegar

1/2 tsp dried oregano

1/2 tsp dried dill weed

salt and pepper, to taste

Whisk olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, vinegar, oregano and dill weed until well blended. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour immediately onto greek salad and toss well

Here is also a list of veggies I used for my salad...

Classic Greek Salad

Serves 4

1 bag pre-washed romaine hearts

2 diced vine ripe tomatoes (seeds removed)

1/3 english cucumber peeled and diced

*20 pitted kalamata olives halved 

1/2 thinly sliced red onion

1/4 cup reduced fat feta cheese crumbles (I chopped up the crumbles even smaller)

* I buy my olives from the "olive bar" at the grocery store, and I always rinse them in a colander before using. Rising the olives first eliminates a lot of sodium and oil and they still pack plenty of flavor.

Also, here is a bit of leftover inspiration...I a good amount of salad left over that I saved in a tupperware. I know that they say once dressed, you cant save salad, but my leftover already dressed salad was completely fine. The lettuce and veggies were crispy and the flavor was still great. For lunch today I threw together a quick greek salad chicken wrap. 

Greek Chicken Salad Wrap

Serves 1

1 Josephs flax, oat bran, wheat lavish bread 

Leftover greek salad (I had about 1 cup left over)

1/2 cup thinly sliced rotisserie chicken breast, skin removed

I threw everything into the wrap and rolled it up. It was a quick, delicious, and healthy lunch!